RED BANK, N.J., June 30, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Two
education industry leaders will be joining the Board of Directors
of Achieve3000, the leader in personalized and differentiated
digital solutions that provide equity for remote and in the
classroom instruction. These two additions, effective July 1, expand the company's Board of Directors
to a total of seven members.
Lynda Cloud comes to the
Achieve3000 board of directors with deep experience in the K-12
school market as an executive leader, and product development and
marketing expert. Cloud has built some of the most significant
education platforms currently in use in schools around the world.
She currently serves as CEO at The Institute for Integrative
Nutrition, the world's largest nutrition school that trains health
coaches online. Immediately prior, Cloud served as the founding CEO
of EqualEd, a division of GEMS Education, a global school operator
and curriculum provider. Earlier in her career, Cloud served as
Executive Vice President of Product and Technology at K12 Inc.,
where she additionally served as General Manager of the
$100 million institutional K-12
schools division. Cloud started her education career and spent 24
years at Pearson in a variety of technology, product, and marketing
roles, culminating her tenure there as General Manager and Senior
Vice President of Science, Humanities, and the Online Learning
Exchange. Cloud has a BA in English and Elementary Education from
Susquehanna University.
Dr. Wayne D. Lewis, Jr. brings to
the Achieve3000 board of directors executive leadership experience
in K-12 education, higher education, and state government, as well
as deep academic and educational thought leadership. Since
January 1, 2020, he has served as the
inaugural Dean of the School of Education at Belmont University in Nashville, TN, where he oversees undergraduate
and graduate educator preparation programs. Leading up to this
role, Lewis served in Kentucky
state government, most recently as the state's Commissioner of
Education and prior to that as Executive Director of Education
Policy and Programs in the Education & Workforce Development
Cabinet. He spent 10 years at the University
of Kentucky as a faculty member and graduate program
chairperson in the Department of Educational Leadership Studies, as
well as an affiliated faculty member with the African American and
Africana Studies Program. Lewis started his career in education as
a middle and high school special education teacher in Louisiana and North
Carolina. Lewis holds his Ph.D. in educational leadership
and policy analysis from North Carolina State
University, a Master's in urban studies and public
administration from the University of
Akron, with post-baccalaureate studies in special education
from the University of New Orleans. He
also currently serves on the board of directors of Future of
School, a public charity focused on fostering innovative education
models, and on the Practitioner Council of the Hoover Education
Success Initiative (HESI) at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
Achieve3000 CEO, Stuart Udell,
stated, "We are absolutely thrilled that both Mrs. Cloud and Dr.
Lewis chose to join our board. I have had the past pleasure to
serve alongside each of them and can say with certainty, that they
will add significant thought leadership and tremendous value to our
organization. They are both esteemed leaders in the K-12 education
space, and most notably, have committed their careers towards
making a difference with all students."
About Achieve3000
Achieve3000 partners with educators to deliver a comprehensive
suite of digital solutions that significantly accelerate literacy
and deepen learning across the content areas. The organization's
personalized and differentiated solutions provide equity for remote
and in the classroom instruction, enabling teachers to help all
students achieve accelerated growth. For more than four million
students in grades PreK-12, Achieve3000 improves high-stakes test
performance and drives college and career readiness.
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Media Contact:
Rebecca Salem
(732) 367-5505 x263
media@achieve3000.com
SOURCE Achieve3000